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Knowing the investor
A discussion paper issued by the Securities and Exchange Board of India on Tuesday on offshore derivative instruments (ODIs) will have far reaching implications for the flow of foreign money into Indian stocks. Better known as participatory notes ...

Pressuring the generals
It is no surprise and entirely in character that the military junta in Myanmar has vowed to “march on” — refusing to change its political course in the face of increasing international pressure to halt its brutish crackdown on ...

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Constitutionalism and judicial governance
By C. Raj Kumar

The judiciary’s effort to infuse accountability in the functioning of government institutions and the growth and development of human rights jurisprudence have demonstrated the importance of judicial governance.

News Analysis
The lesser known north-east monsoon
By N. Gopal Raj

A La Nina, the oposite of an El Nino, is generally beneficial for the south-west monsoon but could it weaken the north-east monsoon?

Europe would lose if Turkey is rejected
By Chris Patten

This is no way to treat a friend — Europe has just as much to lose as Turkey if the doubters prevail in the EU membership battle.

Chavez talks of Cuban and Venezuelan confederation
By Rory Carroll

Proposal stems from his dream of uniting Latin America along Simon Bolivar’s principles.

A British aristocrat and a piece of Parisian heritage
By Agnes Poirier

Two beloved flea markets in the French capital, bought by a British businessman, should not be allowed to be destroyed.

Corrections and clarifications
A sentence in the editorial “Physics Nobel for a great discovery” (October 16, 2007) was: “This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics to France’s Albert Fert and Germany’s Peter Gruenberg is for their independent ...

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